Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

1. Getting Your Business on Track Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Ahmed H. Maghraby CPIM, CSCP, PMP, CPF, MCT, APICS Recognized Instructor Operations Manager @ Trax Consulting

2. Introductions Ahmed Maghraby, CPIM, CSCP, CPF, PMP, MCT Operations Manager @ Trax Consulting More than 16 Years in ERP Implementation,9 Years in Microsoft Dynamics AX

3. Agenda • SRM Overview • Supplier Selection & Management • Collaboration and Information Sharing • Open Discussion (Q&A)

4. What’s SRM? As per APICS Dictionary 13th Ed. SRM is a comprehensive management approach To manage an enterprise’s interactions with the organizations that supply goods & services The goal of SRM is to streamline the processes bet. an enterprise and its suppliers Make them more effective for the benefit both parties SRM is often associated with three main components • Vendor Selection & Management • Collaboration & Information Sharing • Vendor Performance Ecaluation

5. Vendor Management Selecting & Managing Suppliers

6. Traditional Relationship vs. Strategic Alliance.Thinking has evolved Traditional Relationship Strategic Alliance vs. Short-term Transactions Long-term Agreements Lowest Purchase Price Total Cost of Ownership Buyers disregard supplier impact Win-Win Situation

7. Benefits of Strategic Alliances Add value to products / services Better Quality for purchases Enable Strategic growth Lower total cost of ownership Strengthen the operations Build an organizational skills Enhance financial strength

8. Vendor OnboardingAdding Vendors in AX 2012 • Vendor Add Request • Vendor extension req. • Vendor category req. • Vendor status change request Vendor Add Workflows • Vendor category application • User request

12. Vendor ControlEmbargoed and Disallowed Vendors • You may have a company in your legal entity that because of its location may have to restrict trade with another country/region. This is known as an embargo. • is a vendor that is identified as no longer authorized to supply products to one or more legal entities.

13. VENDOR COLLABORATION Vendor Collaboration in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

14. Vendor Collaboration Techniques in Dynamics AX

15. Vendor Notifications Enables you to send notifications to the vendor contacts Ex: used to inform the vendors about new procedures. Vendor Contacts should be indicated to receive notifications • Vendors with access to the portal can view the notifications online • System administrator must set up email parameters in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

16. Vendor Portal Centralized Automated procurement Management Fully customizable and extendable with built-in tools Multiple user accounts for the same vendors Provides vendors with an access to interactive data relevant to them

17. Print Management available in many different areas of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Used print management to route and manage the communication of key documents to vendors. Route documents such as POs & RFQs to the appropriate persons • Useful for vendor that does not use the Vendor portal. • To send an email through print management, your system • administrator must configure the email parameters in the System administration module

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19. Thank you Ahmed H. Maghraby CPIM, CSCP, PMP, CPF, MCT Operations Manager Q&A P.O. Box 4276, Riyadh 12486, Saudi Arabia Tel.: +966 (1) 2055 683 |Cel. +966 (54) 7444454 amaghraby@traxconsulting.com For more information, please visit our website www.traxconsulting.com